Mycobacterium spp. exposure, childhood vaccinations, and early childhood brain and CNS cancers by Samer Singh, Rakesh K. Singh

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The Antinociceptive Effect of Light-Emitting Diode Irradiation on Incised Wounds Is Correlated with Changes in Cyclooxygenase 2 Activity, Prostaglandin E2, and Proinflammatory Cyto... by Yuan-Yi Chia, Chien-Cheng Liu, Guan-Ming Feng, Chia-Chih Alex Tseng, Kuo-Chuan Hung, Chih-Chieh Chen, Ping-Heng Tan

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Achieving the Recommended Endotracheal Tube Cuff Pressure: A Randomized Control Study Comparing Loss of Resistance Syringe to Pilot Balloon Palpation by Fred Bulamba, Andrew Kintu, Nodreen Ayupo, Charles Kojjo, Lameck Ssemogerere, Agnes Wabule, Arthur Kwizera

“…We enrolled adult patients scheduled to undergo general anesthesia for elective surgery at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Study participants were randomized to have their endotracheal cuff pressures estimated by either loss of resistance syringe or pilot balloon palpation. …”
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Perioperative airway management techniques and complications in patients with temporomandibular joint ankylosis: Experience from a tertiary care teaching institute by Anjan Trikha, Ajoy Roychoudhury, Devalina Goswami, Souvik Maitra, Ongkila Bhutia, Dalim Kumar Baidya

“…Materials and Methods: A retrospective anesthetic chart review of TMJ ankylosis patients undergoing maxillo-facial surgery from 2008 to 2018 in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India was performed. …”
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Normative Values of Peripapillary Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness in a Middle Eastern Population by Mouna M. Al-Sa’ad, Amjad T. Shatarat, Justin Z. Amarin, Darwish H. Badran

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Autologous Peripheral Blood-Derived Orthobiologics for the Management of Shoulder Disorders: A Review of Current Clinical Evidence by Ashim Gupta, Nicola Maffulli

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A telomere-related signature for predicting prognosis and assessing immune microenvironment in osteosarcoma by Shihao Li, Lina Zhang, Haiyang Zhang

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A Rare Case Presentation of Synovial Haemangioma of the Knee by Arun Karthik Ravichandran, Rajavel, Gowtham Senguttavan, Sharath Rajkumar, Saravanan Vasudevan

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Research progress of MRI-based radiomics in hepatocellular carcinoma by Xiao-Yun Xie, Rong Chen

“…Moreover, the limited efficacy of existing treatments and high recurrence rates post-surgery compound the challenges in managing this disease. …”
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Endometrial polyps with bizarre stromal cells: a Benign or a low-grade lesion? by Musen Wang, Fei Gao, Hongkai Zhang, Wenxin Zheng

“…Despite a hysterectomy recommendation, the patient chose monitoring over immediate surgery. Persistent vaginal bleeding led to her return six months later, whereupon a 7-cm polypoid lesion in the endometrial cavity was found and removed via hysterectomy. …”
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Physical Feature Encoding and Word Recognition Abilities Are Altered in Children with Intractable Epilepsy: Preliminary Neuromagnetic Evidence by Maria Pardos, Milena Korostenskaja, Jing Xiang, Hisako Fujiwara, Ki H. Lee, Paul S. Horn, Anna Byars, Jennifer Vannest, Yingying Wang, Nat Hemasilpin, Douglas F. Rose

“…Objective evaluation of language function is critical for children with intractable epilepsy under consideration for epilepsy surgery. The purpose of this preliminary study was to evaluate word recognition in children with intractable epilepsy by using magnetoencephalography (MEG). …”
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Mendelian Susceptibility to Mycobacterial Diseases (MSMD) in a 13-Year-Old Ethiopian Girl with Autosomal Dominant Interferon Gamma Receptor 1(IFN-γ R1) Defect: A Clinical Diagnosti... by Netsanet Azene Gebeyehu, Solomie Jebessa Deribessa, Freeman Alexandra, Messay Tesfaye Demissie, W Mihretu Gebre, Aklilu Melaku Gebremariam, Dagmawit Mitiku Engliz, Tizita Yosef Kidane, Lidya Million Bekele, Abate Yeshidinber Weldetsadik

“…Treatments constitute antimycobacterial, interferon-gamma, surgery, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), which is the only known curative treatment. …”
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Osteotome-Mediated Sinus Lift without Grafting Material: A Review of Literature and a Technique Proposal by Silvio Taschieri, Stefano Corbella, Massimo Saita, Igor Tsesis, Massimo Del Fabbro

“…Available alveolar bone height before surgery was not correlated to survival rate. In the described case report, three implants were placed in posterior maxilla after extraction of two teeth. …”
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Blood-based biomarkers in mild behavioral impairment: an updated overview by Efthalia Angelopoulou, Xenia Androni, Chiara Villa, Alexandros Hatzimanolis, Nikolaos Scarmeas, Sokratis Papageorgiou

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Logistic Regression Model Using Scheimpflug-Placido Cornea Topographer Parameters to Diagnose Keratoconus by Emre Altinkurt, Ozkan Avci, Orkun Muftuoglu, Adem Ugurlu, Zafer Cebeci, Kemal Turgay Ozbilen

“…Topographical parameters of 125 eyes of 70 patients diagnosed with keratoconus by clinical or topographical findings were compared with 120 eyes of 63 patients who were defined as keratorefractive surgery candidates. The receiver operating character (ROC) curve analysis was performed to determine the diagnostic ability of the topographic parameters. …”
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Amniotic Membrane as a Main Component in Treatments Supporting Healing and Patch Grafts in Corneal Melting and Perforations by Katarzyna Krysik, Dariusz Dobrowolski, Edward Wylegala, Anita Lyssek-Boron

“…All the procedures were evaluated, noting outcomes and complications of surgery, preoperative and postoperative visual acuities, postoperative intraocular pressures, graft rejection, and other late comorbidities and complications. …”
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Enhancement of BDNF Concentration and Restoration of the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Accompany Reduced Depressive-Like Behaviour in Stressed Ovariectomised Rats Treated wit... by Badriya Al-Rahbi, Rahimah Zakaria, Zahiruddin Othman, Asma’ Hassan, Asma Hayati Ahmad

“…The animals were divided into six groups: (i) nonstressed sham-operated control, (ii) stressed sham-operated control, (iii) nonstressed OVX, (iv) stressed OVX, (v) stressed OVX treated with E2 (20 μg daily, sc), and (vi) stressed OVX treated with Tualang honey (0.2 g/kg body weight daily, orally). Two months after surgery, the animals were subjected to social instability stress procedure followed by forced swimming test. …”
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Quadriceps and Hamstrings Activation Peaks Earlier as Athletes Repeatedly Hop, but There are Differences Depending on ACL Reconstruction Technique. by Einar Einarsson, Olivia Barbosa, Magnus Kjartan Gislason, Kristin Briem, Argyro Kotsifaki, Rodney Whiteley

“… # Methods Surface electromyography (SEMG) was recorded from vastus medialis and lateralis and medial and lateral hamstrings bilaterally during 30 seconds' repeated hopping in male athletes on average eight months after ACLR surgery (5-12 months). All patients underwent hamstring (HS) (n=24) or bone-tendon-bone (BTB) reconstruction (n=20) and were compared to healthy controls (n=31). …”
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Incidence and management of dystocia of dairy cows in Manoharganj upazila of Cumilla district, Bangladesh by Al Wasef, Md. Rashedul Islam

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Surgical Strategy in Patients with Complete Transposition of Internal Organs in Cancer of the Biliopancreatoduodenal Zone by R. V. Ischenko, Yu. V. Ivanov, A. V. Smirnov, V. N. Antipov

“…In all patients with tumors of the biliopancreatoduodenal zone, a detailed assessment of the vascular anatomy of this area is required before surgery, with the study of the course of the main visceral vessels and their large branches using multispiral computed tomography in vascular mode. …”
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